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Fwiw, I went to a public middle school where we balanced checkbooks, went over bank accounts and taxes. I also went to a public high school where we expanded on
by qq4 5y ago
Fwiw, I went to a public middle school where we balanced checkbooks, went over bank accounts and taxes. I also went to a public high school where we expanded on the above topics along with stock investing and retirement accounts. I used to think these things were the same for everyone, but as I get older it seems like it might have been unique to small Iowa towns.
- Kalium 5y agoI had a class like that my freshman year of high school - a public school outside a medium-sized town in Michigan. It even included all the kitchen sink stuff people tend to ask for: budgeting, basic nutrition, fitness, physical health, emotional health, relationships, etc. Looking back, I think it was about as effective as one could hope for when teaching bored fifteen-year-olds how to calculate interest compounding. Which is to say mostly not very.